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FOHMICI1:. 



between the base of the antennae ; these latter short, the club of 

 the flagellum remarkably thick. Thorax broad, nearly as broad as 



the head; pronotum rounded 

 anteriorly; basal portion of 

 rnetanotum short, slightly de- 

 clivous posteriorly. Pedicel : 

 the nodes rounded above, the 

 2nd node much broader than 

 the 1st ; abdomen broadly 

 oval. 



$ . Chestnut-brown, shining, 

 the mandibles, antennae and 

 legs a shade lighter and more 

 reddish, finely punctured all 

 over, the punctures very close 

 on the front of the head, more 

 sparse on the thorax and 

 abdomen, and more minute 

 and dense on the scape of the 

 antennae and on the legs ; 

 pilosity very sparse but long, 

 confined chiefly to the front 

 and underside of the head, and 

 to the abdomen posteriorly, 

 oblique on the tibiae, the antennae minutely 

 and densely pubescent. For the rest the 

 characters of the genus. 



d 1 . Uniform yellowish brown, entirely 

 covered by a short dense reddish-yellow 

 pubescence, which is minute and remarkably 

 dense on the antennae, giving them a velvety 

 appearance ; head and thorax very minutely 

 and closely punctured, and finely striate ru- 

 gulose ; abdomen finely but not so closely 

 punctured as the head and thorax ; thorax 

 and abdomen slightly shining. For the rest 

 the characters of the genus. 

 Lenyth, % 2-5 ; 16-19 ; <$ 13 mm. 



Hob. Assam, Burma, Tenasserim (BingJiam). Extending to 

 China and the Malayan subregion. 



Antenna. 



Fig. 62. 

 Carebara lignata, 



Genus OLIGOMYRMEX. 

 Oligomyrmex, Mayr, Tijds. v. Ent. x (1867), p. 110, . 



Type, 0. concinnus, Mayr, from Australia. 



Range. Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Indo-Malayan, and Australian 

 regions. 



$ . Head with the mandibles scutiform or shield-shaped, 



